MINUTES
<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
<br />January 22, 2004
<br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 January 22, 2004
<br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life,
<br />promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County community.
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<br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON January 22, 2004 at the Century Center,
<br />Carrboro, North Carolina.
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<br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alice White, Chair; Alan Rimer, Vice-Chair; Moses
<br />Carey, Jr.; Tim Carey; Chris Harlan; Jessica Lee; Sharon Van Horn; Matt Vizithum; Lee Werley;
<br />Kate Wilder.
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<br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: None
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<br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Letitia Burns,
<br />Central Administrative Services Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services
<br />Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director;
<br />Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health
<br />Services Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division Director; Anne Miles
<br />Cassell, Administrative Assistant; Maria Hitt, Healthy Carolinians Coordinator; Darryl Renfroe,
<br />Home Visiting Supervisor; Louise Echols, Public Health Educator; Ellen Young, Public Health
<br />Educator.
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<br />GUESTS PRESENT: Healthy Carolinians Board members - Sheila Sholes-Ross, CIS of Orange
<br />County; Stephanie Willis, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Edwina Zagami, Chapel Hill Schools;
<br />Mercedes Walker, UNC School of Nursing; Linda Foxworth, OPC Area Program; Alice Pettitt,
<br />Cooperative Extension; Wendy Stewart, Orange County Schools; Robbie Roberts, UNC Hospitals;
<br />Amy Sommer, UNC Chapel Hill; Myra Austin, Orange County Department of Aging; Michele
<br />Rivest, Orange County Partnership for Young Children; Bev Foster, UNC Chapel Hill; Ned
<br />Brooks, UNC Chapel Hill; Julie Sweedler, UNC Hospitals; Connie Mullinix, Women’s Center;
<br />Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Orange County Partnership for Young Children. Other guest
<br />present: Margaret Brown, Orange County Commissioner; Gwen Harvey, Orange County
<br />Manager’s Office; Jeff Casale, News of Orange County; Erin Gibson, Daily Tar Heel;
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<br />I. Welcome and Introductions
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<br />Alice White called the meeting to order at 7:23 P.M. following the 5:30 P.M. Healthy
<br />Carolinians Board reception and presentation of the Orange County Community Health
<br />Assessment and Action Plans by Maria Hitt, Bev Foster, Linda Foxworth, and Ned Brooks.
<br />Alice White thanked the participants for an excellent and thorough presentation. Board of
<br />Health members were given the opportunity for comment. The entire community assessment
<br />is posted on the Orange County Healthy Carolinians website.
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<br />II. Approval of January 22, 2004 Agenda
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<br />The motion to approve the Agenda of January 22, 2004 was made by Kate Wilder,
<br />seconded by Jessica Lee, and carried without dissent.
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<br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda
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<br />None
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<br />IV. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda
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